Elder senior quarterback Kaden Estep has become the programs all-time career leader in passing yards Friday night as the Panthers play Mount Zion Prep (Lanham, Md.).
Estep was 11 of 14 passing for 220 yards and five touchdowns in the Panthers' 52-6 win over Mount Zion Prep. Estep has 6,861 career passing yards and 53 career touchdown passes.
The career passing yards record was broken on a 13-yard touchdown pass.
Estep, a Miami University verbal commit, entered Elders regular-season finale Friday night just 67 yards shy of tying the program record for career passing yards. Elder quarterbacks coach Peyton Ramsey, a 2016 Elder graduate, held the record with 6,708 career passing yards from 2013 to 2015.
Peyton Ramsey is a former Indiana and Northwestern quarterback. He is the son of longtime Elder head coach Doug Ramsey.
Estep, a three-year starter, played his 35th varsity game at quarterback Friday night. He played his 40th varsity game overall in his career, according to Elder football statistician Kelby Siler.
Estep entered Friday with three games this season with 300-plus yards of passing. He entered Friday with 137 yards or more passing each game this season.
Estep eclipsed 5,000 and 6,000 career passing yards this season.
Any time you can be the all-time leader in something at a school that has a great football tradition, its significant, Elder football coach Doug Ramsey said earlier this week. Kaden has worked very hard to be an elite quarterback and deserves all the accolades he gets. I cant imagine there is a player who has meant more to his team than Kaden has this year.
Elder (8-2) entered Friday night as the No. 2 seed unofficially in Division I, Region 4.
Estep is three touchdown passes away from tying former Elder quarterback Mark Miller for most career touchdown passes in program history (56).
